As we bravely step into another year, I bet you and I are thinking the same thing, 'How do I walk into this year with hope, with love, and with trust in the Divine that I am protected and safe?' You see, this thought was difficult enough to comprehend before the pandemic, but after two years of the world shifting gears incessantly and without warning, one cannot help but feel unsafe and even fearful. However, despite all that, I firmly believe that we can still look forward to 2022 with optimism and have the courage to build the life we truly want.

I believe most of us feel fearful and shaken because, for the past 24 months (or more), our lives have been shaped by things that are out of control. This has all made us hopeless because so many factors have affected our ability to take things into our own hands. After months and months of relying on external sources to make decisions for us (our bosses, the government, local and international health agencies, etc.), we have lost the power to make choices. However, to live a genuinely well-intentioned life, we have to begin to take our control back because in doing so, we get out of the rut and start creating the life we've always wanted.